Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-01
CALIFORNIA AND OREGON.
The Southern Pacific Reported About to
Build Into Klamath County.

w. L. Nichols, stopping at the Russ, said
yesterday, in reference to the commercial
relations existing between the southern
part of Oregon and San Francisco: "Kla-
math county occupies about the same rela-
ton to Oregon that the conquered provinces
did to Rome-that is, we pay tribute in
form of taxes. All of our commercial and
business relations are with California.
This result is brought about partly by
geographical conditions and partly by the
superior energy and enterprise of California
business men. Between us and western
and northern Oregon the great Cascade
range opposes barrier to free intercourse,
and all the water of ou1 great lakes and
rivers flows down through California on its
way to the sea. Our trade and travel natur-
ally follow the water courses as the more
accessible route to outside markets.
Yes, we need railroad connection in
order to develop fully the wonderful re-
sources of Southeastern Oregon. While it
is pre-eminently stock county, the yield
of cereals and vegetables is amazing. We
can drive our horses, cattle and mules to
market with little expense, but we want a
railroad to haul our crops of grain and
vegetables, hides, tallow, fish and game and
to bring us merchandise.
We think the prospect good for the
speedy construction of a road by the
Southern Pacific through our country
The route up the klamath river from
Horn brook in Siskiyou county ON the con-
struction line of the California and Oregon
| road, is perfectly feasible and comparatively
| easy of construction, and line forty miles
long reaches to the plateau of Eastern
Oregon, while from that point on no en-
gineering difficulties of Importance would
be encountered to the, Oregon Short Line
at Pendleton or Umatilla.
HThp OrppOD Pacific really tba (tbi-
cago and Northwestern with abundant re-
sources and pluck, is pushing its way east
and south from the Pacific Ocean at Yaki-
ma, has intersected the Oregon and Cali
fornia road at Albany in the Willamette
valley, and is hurrying on to the Summit
OF the Cascades, which it proposes reach
ing by Christmas Beyond the mountains
contracts for construction are let to Prime
| vile, in Grant county. The advance of
one of its most formidable rivals must
compel the Southern Pacific to hurry up
! into Eastern Oregon before this rich terri
| tory is lost to it forever. Senator Stanford
stated in an interview with representative
| men at Ashland last week that this line
would be built, that the economic necessi-
| ties of the Southern Pacific system abso-
| lutely demanded its speedy construction
1t is stated also that the railroad au-
! thorities have recently ACQUIRED title to a
very large tract OF land adjacent to the pro-
| posed line, which looks like business.
The treasure movement away from us
| is something enormous, rs the statistics of
| the money order and Wells, Fargo d Co.'S
Offices will show. Our land is bought
principally from the State and Tad for in
cash or On trust on deferred payments. and
the amount of farm machinery brought in
and sold to our agriculturists calls for
large coin shipments. There is no bank in
Linkville, SO that large payments are made
in checks, and when cash is demanded it
must be brought by express or st our own
risk under buggy seats.
The water power now unutilized which
courses through Linkville, is worth mill
ions to the coming manufacturers p.
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